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Being a friend of discretion, I did not open Jung's letter.
In 1916 I underwent an analysis by a doctor friend of mine who was partly a pupil of Jung. At that time I became acquainted with Jung's earlier work on “The Transformations of the Libido,”* which made an impression on me. I also read later books by Jung, but only until around 1922 because thereafter analysis did not greatly interest me. I have always had respect for Jung, but his works did not make such strong impressions on me as did those of Freud.† Jung has already written you that in addition to an evening lecture I gave as the guest of Jung's Zurich Club, I also had several analytic sessions with him around 1921. Then too I had a fine impression of him, though at that time I began to see that for analysts a genuine relationship to art is unattainable: they all lack the sense for it.
With best regards,
H. HESSE